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here's robyn curnow with what she saw in court today. >> reporter: as oscar pistorius arrived for his bail hearing, his brother and family joined him to give support. journalists jostled to get inside the small courtroom. and officials seemed unable to cope with the huge media interest. and outside a group of protesters called for an end to violence against women. but inside the court, the state argued and persuaded the magistrate that pistorius should be charged with premeditated murder. with our iphones and snatches of footage taken after the magistrate had left the court, we can show you just how startled, scared and lonely oscar pistorius looked. he cried or sobbed throughout the bail hearing despite the presence of his family. pistorius looked so different from this confident athlete who broke stereotype to run in the olympics despite being a double amputee. he continued to break down when his legal team read out an affidavit. this is a shortened version of pistorius' side of the story. i woke up, went to the balcony to bring the fan in and close the sliding doors. i heard a nois
here's robyn curnow with what she saw in court today. >> reporter: as oscar pistorius arrived for his bail hearing, his brother and family joined him to give support. journalists jostled to get inside the small courtroom. and officials seemed unable to cope with the huge media interest. and outside a group of protesters called for an end to violence against women. but inside the court, the state argued and persuaded the magistrate that pistorius should be charged with premeditated murder....
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robyn curnow reports. >> reporter: a police van takes oscar pistorius back to his cell where he'll be spending his seventh night behind bar. the south african's athlete's uncle says he's struggling emotionally. >> he's grieving and i don't expect him to get over it even soon. so he's still in an emotionally tough time. >> reporter: in court, meanwhile at pistorius's bail hearing, more riveting details about what prosecutors say happened on valentine's day, when pistorius shot his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. it was a version of events counted vigorously by his defense team. prosecutors say witnesses heard arguments coming from the pistorius home for an hour before the shooting. the defense argues, the witness's house was 300 meters, about a thousand feet away. pistorius's lawyers say, he thought he was shooting at an intruder in the bathroom. taking the stand, investigating officers say pistorius used a cricket back to break down the bathroom door. the bat and the cellphone were found splattered with blood. using a diagram projected at a large screen, the officers said pistorius aimed
robyn curnow reports. >> reporter: a police van takes oscar pistorius back to his cell where he'll be spending his seventh night behind bar. the south african's athlete's uncle says he's struggling emotionally. >> he's grieving and i don't expect him to get over it even soon. so he's still in an emotionally tough time. >> reporter: in court, meanwhile at pistorius's bail hearing, more riveting details about what prosecutors say happened on valentine's day, when pistorius shot...
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joining me from johannesburg, south africa, robyn curnow. there are reports that security guards found pistorius desperately trying to revive steenkamp, but what more can you tell us about that, robyn? >> there's still a lot of doubts as to what exactly happened that night. although that is indeed one of the reports, and i think there were quite a lot of people at one stage who made their way into that house. and we do know, according to officials close to the investigation, that oscar had carried her down those stairs. i have been in the house. they are white tiled stairs. we also know from other sources that there was a lot of blood. that's why police seem to think she know she was alive at that time. because she was bleeding so heavily as she was carrying her down. the thought he was trying to revive her at the bottom of the stairs, it's highly plausible, absolutely. >> the other question involves pistorius reportedly making a call at 4:00 a.m. on the night that steenkamp died. what do we know about that? what's that all about? >> well, i
joining me from johannesburg, south africa, robyn curnow. there are reports that security guards found pistorius desperately trying to revive steenkamp, but what more can you tell us about that, robyn? >> there's still a lot of doubts as to what exactly happened that night. although that is indeed one of the reports, and i think there were quite a lot of people at one stage who made their way into that house. and we do know, according to officials close to the investigation, that oscar...
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we are joined live by robyn curnow in south africa. you told us yesterday he was practically falling apart during testimony. >> we have a cnn producer inside the courtroom. feeding me messages on my blackberry. he has definitely stopped crying, with good reason as his defense team has punched holes, hammered the investigating officer in terms of the evidence the state has. i was reading a tweet from a journalist colleague of mine in the court. she says something a senior investigators in a murder case should avoid saying at all costs is i don't have any facts. that's something he said. oscar's family have been smiling at times and a sense of general positivity and upbeatness at the moment. if you are one of oscar's supporters. >> robyn curnow in pretoria. we get a sense that tide was turned. yesterday he was practically heaving and they had to stop the proceedings for him to get a fwrip. now you hear the investigator, not only reversing himself or admitting things he didn't know, where he says i don't have facts. which in an american c
we are joined live by robyn curnow in south africa. you told us yesterday he was practically falling apart during testimony. >> we have a cnn producer inside the courtroom. feeding me messages on my blackberry. he has definitely stopped crying, with good reason as his defense team has punched holes, hammered the investigating officer in terms of the evidence the state has. i was reading a tweet from a journalist colleague of mine in the court. she says something a senior investigators in...
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cnn's robyn curnow is outside the court in pretoria south africa. good morning. >> reporter: good morning and what a difference a day makes. you know, yesterday i was telling you how oscar pistorius was at times inconsolable, physically falling over, crying, sobbing. today he was more, well, centered. he seemed to be more in control of himself. he was sitting upright, not bent over. you got a sense that even though he was still scared and perhaps lonely, he was a little bit more confident and with good reason. because it did seem like his defense team discredited even weakened the state's argument against him. take a look at this. more riveting details on what prosecutors say happened that valentine's day morning and counter charges. according to prosecutors witnesses heard arguing coming from the pistorius home for an hour before the shooting. the defense saying the witnesses's house was 300 meters, about 1,000 feet away. on the stand investigators say pistorius used a cricket bat to break down the bathroom door. that bat and a cell phone found spl
cnn's robyn curnow is outside the court in pretoria south africa. good morning. >> reporter: good morning and what a difference a day makes. you know, yesterday i was telling you how oscar pistorius was at times inconsolable, physically falling over, crying, sobbing. today he was more, well, centered. he seemed to be more in control of himself. he was sitting upright, not bent over. you got a sense that even though he was still scared and perhaps lonely, he was a little bit more confident...
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. >> robyn curnow is joining us now. take us inside the courtroom today. apparently oscar pistorius was a lot more composed today than he has been the last two days, is that right? >> reporter: absolutely. he was not so inconsolable when reeva's name was mentioned, when words like murder were read out in court. he didn't just collapse in tears as i saw him in court yesterday. >> it sounds as if the police investigators may have botched some key aspects of the investigation. is this something that happens often in south africa? generally how reliable is the police force there? >> bungled, botched, messed up. i don't know what kind of words you want to use, but it's common. i mean, i'm sorry to say it. even in this case, we heard from the investigating officer that he didn't wear protective shoe covers when he went into the house after the shooting. so essentially he just contaminated the entire crime scene. and another example in terms of bad detective work, in this case particularly, they said initially oscar pistorius was a flight risk, that they didn't w
. >> robyn curnow is joining us now. take us inside the courtroom today. apparently oscar pistorius was a lot more composed today than he has been the last two days, is that right? >> reporter: absolutely. he was not so inconsolable when reeva's name was mentioned, when words like murder were read out in court. he didn't just collapse in tears as i saw him in court yesterday. >> it sounds as if the police investigators may have botched some key aspects of the investigation. is...
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. >> cnn's robyn curnow is covering the story from pretoria. i spoke with her just a short time ago. so, robyn, it's important to remember all of these new details are surfacing in a bail hearing. this is not a murder trial as yet. can you explain how the court system works had there, and what is in store for pistorius? >> reporter: well, this has been a bit of a trial within a trial, hasn't it? it's just a bail hearing, but we've been hearing all sorts of evidence from both sides. in fact, the state kind of laying their cards on the table. now that isn't surprising. that often happens here in south africa particularly with such a high profile and, of course, important case, premeditated murder, you know, is a very key and upon charge. so a lot of -- a lot to pull out and try to 0 defend that. in terms of the actual process, there might be a trial by the end of the year at the soonest, the south african court systems, there's backlogs, it's very slow. so they're going to try to hurry it up because it's obviously a high-profile case. you know, t
. >> cnn's robyn curnow is covering the story from pretoria. i spoke with her just a short time ago. so, robyn, it's important to remember all of these new details are surfacing in a bail hearing. this is not a murder trial as yet. can you explain how the court system works had there, and what is in store for pistorius? >> reporter: well, this has been a bit of a trial within a trial, hasn't it? it's just a bail hearing, but we've been hearing all sorts of evidence from both sides....
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we should also mention that robyn curnow has been inside the courtroom and says the magistrate is also asking could in fact the accused, oscar pistorius, orchestrate the crime scene, if you will, after the shooting, was that something that was possible to do, this is as this bail hearing continues. now the third day we know now that it will not be resolved, we will not know today if in fact oscar pistorius will get bail or not. lots more happening as well, that is not this particular case out of south africa and christine has that. >>> newly released 911 calls from a shooting and carjacking spree in orange county, kale ic california that left four people dead including the gun nan. 20-year-old aliyse shayed fatally shot and killed . >> police say sayed committed three carjackings, killing two drivers in the process. the rampage ended when he took his own life. he spent much of his time playing violent video games. >>> drew peterson expected to find out how long he'll be behind bars he was found guilty last year of killing his third wife. his defense team is making a last ditch request
we should also mention that robyn curnow has been inside the courtroom and says the magistrate is also asking could in fact the accused, oscar pistorius, orchestrate the crime scene, if you will, after the shooting, was that something that was possible to do, this is as this bail hearing continues. now the third day we know now that it will not be resolved, we will not know today if in fact oscar pistorius will get bail or not. lots more happening as well, that is not this particular case out...
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oscar pistorius, a double amputee, invited cnn's robyn curnow into the house a few years ago and showed her his prosthetic legs. >> i was missing the fibula, which was the back bone in your leg. >> later, pictures of him as a child, always adventurous, daring. these show him water skiing, scuba diving, and quad driving with prosthetics. it was somewhere in this home that pistorius allegedly fired a pistol, hitting steenkamp. bullets hit her in her head and arm. her family is grief stricken. >> sheer loved people. she loved everybody. such a devastating shock that her whole life, what she could achieve, never came to fulfillment, and i just say she's with the angels, and that's about all i can say to you folks. >> police say there were previous allegations of trouble in the home. his agent tells cnn pistorius rejects the murder accusations in the strongest terms. oscar pistorius isn't talking tonight. but last year, he did sit down with piers. and the conversation was revealing. as you'll see, very surprising. here's piers' interview with the athlete, now accused of murder. >> oscar pist
oscar pistorius, a double amputee, invited cnn's robyn curnow into the house a few years ago and showed her his prosthetic legs. >> i was missing the fibula, which was the back bone in your leg. >> later, pictures of him as a child, always adventurous, daring. these show him water skiing, scuba diving, and quad driving with prosthetics. it was somewhere in this home that pistorius allegedly fired a pistol, hitting steenkamp. bullets hit her in her head and arm. her family is grief...
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cnn's robyn curnow joins us with more. good morning, robyn. >> reporter: good morning. and it was that testimony, wasn't it, it was those words, it was that explanation that people have been waiting for since valentine's day, perhaps that small explanation at least allowing some south africans to hold onto hope that their icon was, indeed, telling the truth, that he thought that she was a burglar, that this was a terrible misunderstanding. this affidavit here that i'm holding in my hand paints a very emotional, sad, tragic picture of what happened to oscar, he says, that night. he didn't have his prosthetic legs on. he was scared, he was terrified, and reeva was in the toilet, which was apparently a separate room from the bathroom, and we did hear the state saying earlier on that it was just over a meter wide by a meter wide, and so she must have been terrified because these bullets were coming in this small space. there's nowhere she could have gone. whether or not he killed her deliberately as the state argues it was premeditated or he argues it was an absolutely trag
cnn's robyn curnow joins us with more. good morning, robyn. >> reporter: good morning. and it was that testimony, wasn't it, it was those words, it was that explanation that people have been waiting for since valentine's day, perhaps that small explanation at least allowing some south africans to hold onto hope that their icon was, indeed, telling the truth, that he thought that she was a burglar, that this was a terrible misunderstanding. this affidavit here that i'm holding in my hand...
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robyn curnow, thank you. we appreciate you watching the late-breaking events. we will be joined by paul callan. >>> here at home. firemen and cadaver dogs combing the rubble of a restaurant that exploded and burned to the ground overnight. happened at country club plaza, a popular shopping district. people living nearby say that the guess explosion felt like thunder, field like an earthquake. more than a dozen people injured. ted roux lands live in kansas city what are they saying about this explosion? >> reporter: well, john, they said there was thankfully some warning because of the smell of gas. they have suspended the search for the two missing people. they say that they are going to bring in heavy equipment later this morning, as soon as the sun comes up, but, quite frankly, overnight, too dangerous to continue. the unfortunate thing this is not a recovery mission for people that they believe survived. they are looking for bodies. >> the explosion, which witnesses say could be felt block as way instantly engulfed j.j.'s restaurant, sending debris, includin
robyn curnow, thank you. we appreciate you watching the late-breaking events. we will be joined by paul callan. >>> here at home. firemen and cadaver dogs combing the rubble of a restaurant that exploded and burned to the ground overnight. happened at country club plaza, a popular shopping district. people living nearby say that the guess explosion felt like thunder, field like an earthquake. more than a dozen people injured. ted roux lands live in kansas city what are they saying...
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robyn curnow is in johannesburg. what more are we learning both about the blood stained cricket bat and the final moments of this tragic event? >> reporter: first of all, it is just amazing how everybody is united in shock over this, isn't it? it has been such a stunning story across the world and more so here in south africa where oscar was such a hero. let me give you some idea, paint you a picture of what we believe where reeva steenkamp's last moments. we know according to an official close to the investigation that she was there to spend the night. they found her overnight bag and an ipad. we also know according to the same official she was shot four times through a closed bathroom door, and that oscar then carried her downstairs and she was still alive. now, this cricket bat, this bloodied cricket bat is the one piece of evidence we cannot corroborate from our sources. this is based, i must stress, on local media speculation. but there is this cricket bat element, bloodied. what was it used for? well, there are
robyn curnow is in johannesburg. what more are we learning both about the blood stained cricket bat and the final moments of this tragic event? >> reporter: first of all, it is just amazing how everybody is united in shock over this, isn't it? it has been such a stunning story across the world and more so here in south africa where oscar was such a hero. let me give you some idea, paint you a picture of what we believe where reeva steenkamp's last moments. we know according to an official...
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thanks very much, robyn curnow in johan nas berg. jeff, does it surprise you to hear that this statement is given to the police, so soon, so publicly? what did you make of it? >> i thought it was an absolutely crazy thing to do, to commit a defendant in a murder case to a very specific set of stories when he doesn't know what the forensic evidence shows. the autopsy evidence, how the bullets entered her body. and frankly, the story on its face is pretty pro pest rouse, it seems to me. the fact that he never said, reeva, is that you and instead just started blasting away in the bathroom, it really does strain frudility. >> so what are the questions you have in hearing pistorius' defense because he's now laid out what his defense is going to be? >> certainly the forensic evidence is going to be the most important. how many times was the gunfired? where did the bullets hit reeva? was she struck only through the door? was she struck before she went in the door? what were the surrounding circumstances? it's all well and good that he says
thanks very much, robyn curnow in johan nas berg. jeff, does it surprise you to hear that this statement is given to the police, so soon, so publicly? what did you make of it? >> i thought it was an absolutely crazy thing to do, to commit a defendant in a murder case to a very specific set of stories when he doesn't know what the forensic evidence shows. the autopsy evidence, how the bullets entered her body. and frankly, the story on its face is pretty pro pest rouse, it seems to me. the...